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Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1887-04-29
W ORLD'S NEWS. The Iron Horse Stood Up--
 Robbers at Work. TRAIN ROBBED AT PANTAN0. Four Daring Masked Men--Papago
 Scouts in Pursuit. AND SURE TO BE CAPTURED Bismark Stands Firm and Says His Gov
 ernmeut Was in the Right.
AND SURE TO BE CAPTURED'
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Daring Train Robbery.
,pecial to the EPIrAPH.

Special to the EPrrAPH.
 TUCSON, April 28.-Shortly after mid night, lost night, the train dispatcher was notified by tha Pantano office that robbers had attacked the train about nire miles west of that station, and were 6reing with guns into the train, when the brakeman left to carry the news. The sheriff was notified, and under sheriff Shibell, with deputy accompanied the the party that left upon the arrival of the east bound train for the scene. Dr.. Handy, went out and number of others who volunteered their assistance. twas learned that the train
 HAD BEEN STOPPED
 by the usual signal with red lantern the property of h. railroad company. A cartridge, in lieu of a torpedo was also put upon the track to signal danger 10 the ,raiu. The engineer Cal. Harper, brought the train 10 a standstill amid a shower of bullets, when the cab was en- tered by two masked men with pistols in their hands. At the same time others oi the gang, uncoupled the train b.tween the express and baggage car. The men on the engine forced the engineer to pull about
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
The Cobra aud the Mouse.

was visiting at friends house in Cal
cutta, and was on this evening sitting at
dinner alone. The table had been some
time waiting for the host, and ] had at
last received q note that he was not COM
ing home, so / sat down alone. / had fin
ished dinner and was still lingering at the
table, when a little mouse ran up on the
top of bowl with sort Of basket work
cover on it. 1 should not have thought
that of l.sef very singular, for the ''tribes
on our frontier'' made most unexpected
incursions. But when he did get perched
On the cover of the bowl, the little fellow
rose on his hind legs, with his hands be-
fore him, and began to entertain me WITH
the funniest little mouse song you can
imagine. s'Chit chit, cheep-cheep-chit,"
he whistled, and kept it up before me in q
most unembarrassed and self possessed
little way. l must have been a trying au-
dience, for l leaned back in my chair and
reared with laughter. AS looked at the
little performer gradually became aware
of o shadow, o something strange gliding
out from behind dish toward the mouse.
Silently and slowly it neared the mouse,
in another minute beady snakes eye
glittered in the lamplight.
My hand stole softly for the carving
knife. The snake reared his head level
with the mouse, and The poor little fell
lows song, which had never ceased, be-
came piercingly shgill, though he sat up
rigidly erect end motionless. The head
of the snake drew back little to strike,
out flashed the carving knife. The spell
was broken instantly, for the mouse
dropped and seampercd, The snake was
wounded, for there were spots of blood on
the tablccloth, and it was Writhing afout
among the dishes end plates, ] could not
make O bold stroke at any part of 1t for
fear OF ., liking the crockery, and when
ever made dig with Ine point it was
like pricking a garter. l would not have
believed, until had seen it, how much of
himself o snake can stow away under the
edge Of o place. At last saw tho end OF
his tail projecting out from under dish.
A snake held by the tail and swung
rapidly round cannot turn back and bite.
! grabbed the tail with my left thumb
and finger, and drew him ont until
judged the middle of his body to be under
the knife; then came down and cut him
in two. He was COBRA little one
about two feet long, but quite long enough
to gravel" q man.--J. +. Keane,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Physiology Of Forgetfulness.

Forgetfulness as to events occurring in
the first two or three years of life Is not
unnatural The brain has not become
thoroughly organized, its cells have not
formed their numerous connections which
are necessary before association of ideas is
possible, and the vast multitude of SEN
sations crowding together upon the i'm.
perfect brain cannot be separated one
from another and each make its proper
strong impression, all Of which must take
place If memory is to result. After a
while the cells become slowly united into
groups C''centers'), and these establish
connections between themselves, ever be-
coming more and more extensive, and
memories of the organized form arise and
recollection becomes possible. -. r,-.-
In extreme old age the nerve cells lose
more and more their ability to take on new
the heart acts with less force,
nutrition gradually fails, and forgetfulness
becomes more and more marked. The
later impressions having made the slight
est change In the cells are soonest forgot
ten, while those made in earlier years,
when the processes Of growth and nutri-
ton were most active, remain the longest.
Old Falstaff, dying, ''babbled of green
fields" and the aged not infrequently re-
member nothing but the scenes of child
hood and early youthful else has faded
away forever. During profound sleep, if
ideas arise in the mind they are not suf-
ficiently strong to make any lasting i'm
preston upon the brain cells-they are
not registered. In dreaming portion of
the brain is active, while the rest is quiz
escent, but the disturbance of conscious
ness is so slight that large proportion of
dreams are not remembered even ON first
waking. 1t frequently happens that a
dream is remembered when one awakes i'm
the night, but by morning the impression
has vanished, and no means can be de-
yised to compel recollection.-Globe-
Democrat .-f --,s -r- q ze-- u
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Method. in an Auction i, DOM.

"Although you can pick up q bargain
now end then in an auction boom, re-
marked shrewd Spectator in second
hand goods, SIT doesn't pay . man 10
attend sales who wants only a few arti-
Giles. If his time is ut all y;sluabae 1t IS
better for him to buy new goods at regu.
lar store. The legitimate commissions OF
auctioneers would never make them r1cn,
so they resort to all manner of schemes 10
turn O penny. The men who are continai-
ally informing the bidders that the repu-
tation of the house is q sufficient guaran-
tee that all articles are exactly as repre-
sented are usually the greatest schemers.
When an auctioneer sees an article going
at a very low figure, and thinks he can DO
better with 1t some other day, he knocks
g.; down to one of his agents visited
n Sssau street room four times recentiy,
an. each time saw the same 1denucai
.,ti. 10 put up and knocked down to the
same bidders. The auctioneer probably
,sa,,nht out private residence, and the
articles viii be put up regularly twice :
,vaoL mn III some outsider will make Die
~ AZ. limit get on them. 'AN--Has,
ssxvha,, y stranger enters IN auction
,oon, ono Of tie agents win casually draw
hin, into con vensaion and fiad out VIVA
he ia after. III wy pSioOh "autS -
seyerai ARTICLES be has the first thing b
bids on knocked {, own to him very cheap.
This encourages d@ with the hope that
he is going 20 make tbin eneer.ehe bar
he will find that he has paid just as much,
if not more, than they are worth. The
optical illusion scheme hi 9 brought many
greedy person to grief This scheme is
best worked with crockery. A hong table
is covered with dishes of all kinds, set ont
SO as to show to the best advantage. The
auctioneer will point to the table and ask
how much he is bid for that fine dinner
set. The sum offered will seem ridicu-
lousy low for SO much stuff, and some
one will jump ut the bait. The bidder, of
course, is under the impression that he
has bought everything on the table; but
after the auctioneer has sold therefrom q
breakfast set, several fruit dishes, tea
set, tete-a-tete, an invalid's set and q
lot of other things he will find that his |
fine dinner service has dwindled down to |
very small proportions. New York Sun. |
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
..nsar signs In EncIfsl. ni.nns

There arc all sorts of queer signs and
placards in English shops, and the UNDER
standing OF many of them is O thing be-
yond Yankee comprehension. What is an
American child going to select In a British
copfectioner's from the candies placarded
"Dingees,n "Fondants," sAboukirs,"
ssPralines" and waterloo Jambss'' The
candies themselves are none too inviting
to those familiar with American and
French dainties, a favorite method here
is to sell them in little bottles, all pre-
pared and suggestive of drug store cough
drops and Group dabs. One universal adj
junct of the grocer's shopis basket filled
with hen triumphs and labeled: "New
laid eggs" These are seen in the hearts
of the biggest cities, and the thew laid
eggs" are invariably covered with dust.
An agreeable sign on some houses in
nearly every street is that of Mr. Se-and-
so, surgeon, often accompanied by another
pointing to the basement, showing the
road ito the surgery" The ordinary
,Englishman must needs stand deal of
cutting up to furnish livelihood for all
these gentlemen, and it is gratifying to
know that Mrs. So-and-so means to keep
her best room tidy, and not have people
laundering in expecting to have their legs
sawed off in the parlor. Cor.
Chicago Tribupa,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
A SONG OF THE SUNSET kANo.'

Inltlie far-off hills of tt>s sunset land;
In the land where the long grass bends ana
quivers,
Where the ghosts OF night and morning stand
BY the CLEANS ap dreams of the lonely rivers,
Where the bro'.yn sedge waving, stoops and
shivers, ., as.. s..i es a. .E.4 T
At the waters CT ,ge in the sunset land.
Through the trs ckless paths of the sunset land,
Where the sD ence broods in q dream unbroken,
And the days. lip by like grains of sand,
Where the song unsung and the word un
spoken - t.4-- g..- ..
Seem like a part Of O nameless token ia
OF the wild g ay wastes Of the sunset land.
On the snow ,clad peaks of the sunset land,
As they rid in the clouds SO near to heaven
In shadowy astness, stern and grand; s.
Where gau 1T old pines, by the lightning riven,
Moan in the wind, through their branches
s. driven,
On the crags and cliffs of the sunset land.
Mid the rosb1g plains of the sunset land,
Where tie echoes drift in the tufted heather
In the wax - OF breezes sweet and bland:
Where t'ae shadows go in troop together
Across he haze in the fair June weather
In the gre ssy dells OF the sunset land
BY the W; rnd'rng streams of the sunset land,
Where the ipples rise mid the tall reeds bed.
di'ig e.. $50
And flo At away to an unknown strand;
And che shade and the sunlight slow descend.
ing
Falls where the voice of the waters blending
SIM. of the sunset land.
Ernest McGaffey.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Magician Hermann,s Trick.

81 never explain how do my tricks, !"
said the professor. ''If / should attempt
to explain them probably only few out
of my audience would understand the ex.
PLANTATION. I do occasionally partly ex:
plain how do some tricks, but + usually
leave the lockers on much more mystified
than they were before, It would not be
right for me to give the secrets of the craft
away. A great many Of the tricks per-
formed by me are also performed by other
men, and it would be an injustice on my
part to destroy their stock in trade, be.
sides, anything new in this line pf business
IS hard to get and is jealousy preserved
when discovered. I keep two men in
Europe constantly on the search for novel;
ties, and it is my intention to sail for the
other side in few weeks on purpose to
prepare an entirely new programme for
my next season's work. am preparing
q sEs:ill book of about fifty pages, contain
ing record Of curious things that have
happened to me on the steamboats, and
railroad cars. New York Sun Interview,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Ee~garS' DaY i'm Mexico

Throughout tho length and breadth of
Mexico Saturday is known as ''beggars'
days. when, under special countenance of
church and state, mendicants of all de-
grees and both sexes levy demands upon
people with the utmost confidence. Out
of their eoyerts and lairs they swarm
in incredible numbers-the blind, the
halt, the lame and the lazy-and before
sunrise on the morning aforesaid the
streets arc literally flied with them.
First they make q tour of the shops and
markets, and the obliging merchants, in
anticipation Of their coming, have laid by
o store of small coin for the occasion. To
refuse to give would be bad advertise
mert, for among these professional men
dieants ere many good customers Tor the
rest Of the week. Then they HE themsz
selves, with their rags and crutches, to
the sanctuaries, and after mass is over and
the churches deserted they patrol every
street, leaving not house unvisited or 4.
person unsolicited. Philadelphia Record
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
peeu,iarttis. Of Epileps, .

Inconsistencies enters into the gener-
ally accepted definition Of epilepsy. While
this Inconsistencies is q symptom of the
disease IN the vast majority of cases, there
are some exceptions. The following Is o
case In point:
A married woman Of SO years had occa-
sional epileptic attacks of the usual con-
vulsive kind; but more frequently when
seized, she would scream, turn pale, cry
out, jump from the bed and run about the
room, acting absurdly and at times VIC
lently. On one seizure she bit her hus-
band. On coming out of the attack she
asked If she had done this. At another
time, she threw the inkstand at her moth
er's head, and fully recalled the fact her
self with much sorrow. 80
It is believed that attention In this d.
rection would show o considerable num-
Der of such cases. The matter may have
important legal bearings, inasmuch as ep-
ileptics who commit deeds of violence are
held to be irresponsible on the ground Of
their uncopsciousnees. --Youth's Com
uscion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
REV fndus.rr In sueden.


A new industry has lately sprung up In
Sweden, end promises shortly to become
q Iaost important one. Oil for illuminate
ing purposes Is now manufactured in that
country from the stu,nps and roots that
remain in the forests after the timber has
been cut. These have been subjected to o
process of. dry dlstlllatien, and besides
wood Gil many ether products are OBJ.
tanned, AMONGST them turpentine, creo-
cote, acctic acid, wood charcoal, tar oils,
etc. This oil cannot be used in ordinary
lamps, as containing large proportion of
carbon it gives off great deal of smoke
during combustion. When mixed with
benzine, however, it may be used in or
binary benzine lamps; but when burned
alone special lamp must be adopted
The trees that furnish tho greatest
amount Of oil are the pine and flr. There
arc now about forty establishments en-
gagged in this manufacture in Sweden
Boston Budget.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28

With the good mothers of these girls
are innumerable homely notions and SUI
perstitions, coloring, easing or hardening
the duties Of every day drudgery, among
which are few of interest applying to
their little ones, such as that no articles
are lent out of the home until the new
born child is baptized; that the babe must
not be permitted to see its face in the glass
until it is year old; and that they will
never allow their babes to be measured for
any purpose, though they may be weighed,
because when the former occurs the coffin
will surely soon come. Then, again, the salt
must never be spilled without throwing q
pinch over the left shoulder; the sugar
must always be put in tea before the milk;
a falling leaf must always be caught If
possible; the dust must never be swept
from the floor out Of the housei one must
never sing before breakfast; nor enter a
house with the left foot foremost; nor eat
pancakes with gray peas; nor wash hands
in the same basin with another; nor lend
pin; nor watch parting guest out of
sight; nor, above all things, fail to cry,
"Gesundheitr' when another speezes,-
Edgar 4, Wakeman's Letter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
The Always Needy Turk.

The Porte is before the powers again
with q brace of fresh requests, one being
for permission to issue loan of $25, OO0,-
700 on the Egyptian and Cyprus tributes,
and the other that the powers will nomin-
ate some candidate for the Bulgarian
throne who will be acceptable to the
Sobranje. Both requests are in the line
of chronic helplessness which has long
been associated with Turkey. The puzzle
in her finances is how she constantly man.
ages, when apparently beyond the bottom
of her cash and quite at the bottom of her
credit, to hunt up some new article of
value to pawn or some old one on which
an additional mortgage is possible. With
billion dollars or SO of debt, on which
only fractional interest is paid, she was
able not long ago to pledge some Of her
railways for money with which to buy
guns and ammunition. Now comes an
other device, and the wonder Is where &c
VIII ali end. Perhaps she Will begin soon
to sell out some of her islands or OUTLYING
provinces IL the powers will allow each
other to buy them. New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Result Of stage Kneeiinr.

!. "Housemaid's knee'' has long held q
recognized and honorable place among the
ills which flesh is heir to-honorable be-
cause, as We know, sWho sweeps floor
as for Gods law makes that and the ac-
ton flne." The prevailing taste for
emotional drama has developed varia-
ton Of this complaint which may be called
Heading lady's knee" Mrs. Kendall is
the first victim, or at any rate the first
whose case has been recorded. Lady
Clancarty. has to importune, first her
fiinty hearted brother, and then the moro
oomplaisant king, for mercy toward her
husband. This involves such continual
kneeling that Mrs. Kendall has been for
some time suffering the pains hitherto
held peculiar to housemaids and nuns.
She now kneels upon a cushion.-Pal
Mall Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Defying spanish Court Etiquette.

The queen regent of Spain is knocking
the blue laws of Sp,nish etiquette to
pieces at jolly rate. The other day she
called meeting of the ministry ut the
Castle of Aranjuez. When the statesmen
reached the gate of the park they found
the qneen and the Princess Isabel waiting
for them. The queen was in O victoria
and the Princess Isabel was in drag and
four. The queen was driving. She in
vited Senior Sagasta to take q seat beside
her, and the other ministers were accom-
modated in the drag. On reaching the
castle coffee was brought, and the queen
ordered cigars to be produced Us well and
offered to the gentlemen. The ministers
seemed to hesitate. In all the annals Of
Spanish history no subject had ever
smoked in the presence of queen. The
queen regent, however, gave tho COM
mand, and the ministers, like dutiful sub
jects, obeyed. Gold sticks and chamber
lains have been ever since in hopeless
despondeney.-New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Cotton Seed Products

Two-thir,!s of the cotton seed oil sold in
the United States goes to the makers of
lard and buttcrine, and its use to the ex-
tent of about 20 per cent. has been one Of
the most powerful influences IN reducing
the price Of lard. II b also being used
Tor cooking, and large proportion of the
oil taken with salads and sardines Is the
product of the cotton fields. Happily sci
cntific men declare that it is perfectly
wholesome, and some say that 1t Is better
than animal fats, at which vegetarians
will rejoice. 1t IS estimated that not far
from GOO, 600 tons Of cotton seed are used
in this industry every year, and that from
400, 900 to zoe, 900 barrels of crude oil are
produced, half of which is exported from
the states. The OIL Is not the only prod
uet of the seed. The meal, after the oil
has been expressed, is sold, either loose or
compressed into cake, for animal food,
cattle taking to 1t kindly, and for fertiliz-
ing purposes. When refined it is difficult
to distinguish between the cotton and
"a. a ,;af,.--,LuiCaxO s...<~,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Che English Negro minstrel.

One of the greatest nuisances of the day
was the negro minstrel. do not know
Of anything more distressing than the
English imitation of the American negro's
peculiarities. This style of fun does not,
should say, bear transplanting. The
English minstrel is vulgar, awkward and
coarse; he is never by any chance funny;
there il 10 real wit in him. The darby
humor Is spontaneous and genial. The
English negro Ministries are simply types
of very bad rejected Music hall talent Of
the lowest grade disguised behind q coat
ing of burnt cork Their dress is in imi-
tation of our minstrels. These men go
about and howl under the coaches and
will not leave until they receive some
thing. New York World
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
An Old English Captain.

A conspicuous object In front of the
house of commons the other day was an
army captain, formerly belonging to the
Eighty-sixth regiment, who, in order to
attract attention to some UNDECIDED griev-
ance he has against the war Office, dressed
himself up in o most extraordinary
manner. He wore black undress mile
tary suit, white campaigning shake, two
white sachcls hanging at his side, and he
carried in his hands ON enormous broom,
with q handle about four feet long.
Dressed in this garb, and leaning on his
broom, he stood silently in front of
one of the gates Of the house dur
ing the greater part Of the day. He
did not appear IT, be mad, but he
seemed to suffer from great mental dis
tress. His age was about So, and even in
his fantastic uniform he had a respectable
and commanding presence. Boston Tram
script.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
The travelling Public to n,.m..

Perhaps collisions ct sea between great
steamships will become entirely impos-
sible some day; but it will not be until
the travelling public gets over its present
hurry. X steamships came to full stop
the moment the fog settled down on them,
or Just as soon as another fog horn than
their own was heard, there would not be
any serious chance of their coming to-
gethcr. BY code of signals under such
circumstances one vessel might even adj
vance slowly while the other stood ready
to back, until it was certain that they had
passed each other. But this would be
slow work, and the growing of the pas
scngers OF the delay would probably
drive the commander to suicide or vio-
lence. No, tho public itself is not yet
quite willing to travel safely.-New York
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-07-28
Definition of .Embracerx..

ssEmbracery' Is word not in common
use that has appeared frequently in the
newspapers in the last day or two and is
likely to be heard often in connection with
the Sharp jury. A definition of it may
not be out of place. According to
Worcester it means Gan attempt to cor
rupt, or to influence by unlawful means,
q court Or jury, =